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By Ruben D. Manahan IV, Reporter
SINCE April 1, the Manila Police District (MPD)-Homicide
Section has received six reports of fetuses found, all in a span of
11 days, and found near depressed areas.
Last April 1, a male fetus 7 to 8 months old was
found inside a comfort room inside Jollibee-Tayuman corner Juan
Luna, at about 8:45 a.m.
On April 2, a male fetus around 6 to 7 months
old, was found floating on Estero de Vitas, Rodriguez St., Balut,
Tondo at around 7:30 a.m.
Six days after, another 6 to 7 month old male
fetus was found in a plastic box placed inside a flower pot in front
of Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros.
Another unborn was found at the seashore of Gate
54, Parola Compound, Binondo at about 4:00 p.m. on April 9.
The latest incident involved two female fetuses.
One was found along Earnshaw, corner Cavite Street in Gagalangin,
Tondo, and was about 7 to 8 months old. The other was found at T.
Alonzo St. near Arranque Market in Sta. Cruz, and was assumed to be
around 3 to 4 months. It was wrapped in a striped plastic bag.
In an interview, MPD Director Roberto Rosales
said that the fetuses found might have been the result of unwanted
pregnancies.
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